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![Luis Lizcano Sandoval, a USF CMS PhD student](/marine-science/news/images/luis-lizcaho-2023-publication-usf-cms-490x327.png)
Seagrass areal cover in Tampa Bay over the last 30 years (1990- 2021) observed by satellites
Tampa Bay seagrasses have experienced historical declines, but improvements in water quality over the past 30 years are promoting recovery.
September 28, 2023Publication Highlights
![Stella, shown here, and Sam are part of the USF College of Marine Science’s fleet of oceanic gliders, the oft underappreciated workhorses of oceanography. PHOTO CREDIT: Garrett Miller, Center for Ocean Mapping and Innovative Technologies.](/marine-science/news/images/comit-glider-stella-490x327.png)
Stella and Sam: a pair of gliders on a mission
Staff and students from the Center for Ocean Mapping and Innovative Technologies (COMIT) recently sailed aboard the R/V WT Hogarth to collect data using a pair of uncrewed, underwater gliders.
September 28, 2023Blogs and Perspectives
![Students conduct science at sea](/marine-science/news/images/cms-core-research-cruise-buoy-490x328.png)
Students conduct science at sea
Education and research combined for students aboard a five-day cruise on the Florida Institute of Oceanography’s R/V Weatherbird II.
September 20, 2023News
![Rising Tides Newsletter, September 2023](/marine-science/news/images/rising-tides-newsletter-september-2023-490x327.jpg)
Rising Tides - September 2023
View some of the highlights in the Rising Tides Newsletter, September 2023 edition.
September 8, 2023Rising Tides Newsletter
![The Fall 2023 CMS Faculty Seminar](/marine-science/news/images/cms-fall-2023-faculty-seminar-490x328.jpg)
Watch the Fall 2023 CMS Faculty Seminar
The annual faculty seminars offer an opportunity for students to get to know their professors and peers.
September 6, 2023Blogs and Perspectives
![Biodiversity fish reef](/marine-science/news/images/biodiversity-fish-reef-490x327.jpg)
Researchers propose a global observatory to monitor Earth’s biodiversity
The Global Biodiversity Observing System is a proposal designed to improve monitoring efforts of Earth’s biodiversity and, in turn, improve conservation in an age of climate change.
August 25, 2023News, Publication Highlights
![Need image caption. PHOTO CREDIT: Jessica Van Vaerenbergh, USF CMS graduate student.](/marine-science/news/images/glider-boat-trip-hurricane-490x327.jpg)
Deep-diving gliders capture key ocean data for hurricane forecasting
New NOAA funding means ocean gliders operated by the USF College of Marine Science will help hurricane experts forecast storm intensity in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean.
August 11, 2023News
![Jaden Crute, USF B.S. Engineering Student](/marine-science/news/images/jaden-crute-usf-engineering-student-490x327.jpg)
Putting robots in the water: the trials and tribulations of marine engineering
Marine engineering isn’t typically something you would think of when imagining an engineer’s potential career path. Despite this, it makes a lot of sense that the fields of marine science and engineering overlap.
August 7, 2023Blogs and Perspectives
![Ana Carolina Peralta Brichtova conducted her PhD at Universidad Simón Bolívar in Caracas, Venezuela, studying the Caribbean snail Voluta musica.](/marine-science/news/images/research-location-venezuela-490x327.jpg)
Venezuelan scientists team up to save irreplaceable data on biodiversity
In times of political unrest, science often suffers. This is the case in Venezuela. The country has faced a series of political and socioeconomic crises that sparked an exodus of citizens, including many scientists, who fled the country for opportunities elsewhere
August 3, 2023Blogs and Perspectives
![Written by: Marie Meranda (PhD Candidate)](/marine-science/news/images/forging-a-road-through-interdisciplinary-applications-of-hydrography-490x327.jpg)
Forging a road through interdisciplinary applications of hydrography
Underwater, we’re investigating everything from shipwrecks to paleo landscape features (e.g., shell middens which are essentially the waste piles from prehistoric and indigenous peoples) to submerged towns.
July 21, 2023Blogs and Perspectives
![Written by: Bea Combs-Hintze](/marine-science/news/images/life-at-sea-by-bea-combs-hintze-490x327.jpg)
LIFE at sea
The mission of our R.V. Nancy Foster expedition: To map the seafloor of a new area on Blake’s Plateau using multibeam sonar. Just adding another puzzle piece to the global map of the ocean floor!
July 20, 2023Blogs and Perspectives
![Written by: Angelique Rosa Marín (PhD Student)](/marine-science/news/images/angelique-rosa-marin-usf-cms-grad-student-490x327.jpg)
Unforgettable Times aboard the NOAA ship, Nancy Foster
This was my first-time being part of a scientific party at-sea. It was impressive to see the workflow, drills, and communication among ship members.
July 18, 2023Blogs and Perspectives